My Favourites
A comprehensive list of all my favourite books, films, TV shows, songs, and YouTube channels.
Favourite Books
Fiction
It — Stephen King
Misery — Stephen King
Different Seasons (particularly Apt Pupil) — Stephen King
11/22/63 — Stephen King
Firestarter — Stephen King
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three — Stephen King
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands — Stephen King
On Beauty — Zadie Smith
Little Fires Everywhere — Celeste Ng
Only Ever Yours — Louise O’Neill
The Surface Breaks — Louise O’Neill
Almost Love — Louise O’Neill
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine — Gail Honeyman
Kill Your Friends — John Niven
The Second Coming — John Niven
Straight White Male — John Niven
I Don’t Know How She Does It — Allison Pearson
Animal’s People — Indra Sinha
Gone Girl — Gillian Flynn
The Girl on the Train — Paula Hawkins
A Game of Thrones — George RR Martin
A Storm of Swords — George RR Martin
The Husband’s Secret — Liane Moriarty
The Last Anniversary — Liane Moriarty
Truly Madly Guilty — Liane Moriarty
Shattered — Aphrodite Lee
How to Build a Girl — Caitlin Moran
Crazy in Love — Annabelle Costa
Baby Crazy — Annabelle Costa
Romance For All Seasons (series) — Sandra Marie
Conversations With Friends — Sally Rooney
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time — Mark Haddon
The Silent Patient — Alex Michaelides
Someone Like Me — M.R. Carey
The Circle — Dave Eggers
Fight Club — Chuck Palahniuk
The Clever Rat and Other African Tales — Suzi Lewis-Barned
Seasons of Splendour — Madhur Jaffrey
Lolita — Vladmir Nabokov
The Bell Jar — Sylvia Plath
The Catcher in the Rye — JD Salinger
Brave New World — Aldous Huxley
1984 — George Orwell
Post Office — Charles Bukowski
Catch 22 — Joseph Heller
To Kill A Mockingbird — Harper Lee
(Childrens and YA)
Lola Rose — Jacqueline Wilson
Best Friends — Jacqueline Wilson
Candyfloss — Jacqueline Wilson
Midnight — Jacqueline Wilson
The Illustrated Mum — Jacqueline Wilson
Love Lessons — Jacqueline Wilson
Cookie — Jacqueline Wilson
Harry Potter (series) — JK Rowling
Maya Running — Anjali Banerjee
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips — Michael Morpugo
Jumping to Confusions — Liz Rettig
Just Listen — Sarah Dessen
The Truth About Forever — Sarah Dessen
Bindi Babes (series) — Narinder Dhami
The Worst Witch (series) — Jill Murphy
Mates, Dates (series) — Cathy Hopkins
Matilda — Roald Dahl
The Witches — Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — Roald Dahl
Bill’s New Frock — Anne Fine
Care of Henry — Anne Fine
The Falcon’s Malteser — Anthony Horowitz
Cosmo and the Magic Sneeze — Gwyneth Rees
Sophie’s Adventures — Dick King-Smith
Secret Seven (series) — Enid Blyton
The Five Find-Outers (series) — Enid Blyton
Best Stories for Seven-Year-Olds — Enid Blyton
Noughts & Crosses (series) — Malorie Blackman
My Secret Unicorn (series) — Linda Chapman
Animal Ark (series) — Lucy Daniels
Little Nasty — Ruth Tomalin
Dizzy — Cathy Cassidy
Jinx — Meg Cabot
Airhead (series) — Meg Cabot
Nobody’s Girl — Sarra Manning
32C That’s Me — Chris Higgins
Secrets (Sweet Valley High) — Francine Pascal
Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging (series) — Louise Rennison
Non-Fiction
On Writing — Stephen King
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** — Mark Manson
Sapiens — Yuval Noah Harari
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel — Jessica Brody
The Feminist Lie — Bob Lewis
Free Women, Free Men — Camille Paglia
Feminism: Myths, Lies, & Ungratefulmess — Nick Buckley
The End of Gender — Debra Soh
Psychopath Free — Jackson Mackenzie
Woke — Titania McGrath
Rapid Release — Jewel Allen
God Is Not Great — Christopher Hitchens
The Autobiography of Malcolm X — Alex Haley, Malcolm X
Miles: The Autobiography — Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe
Favourite Films
Titanic
The Shawshank Redemption
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
American History X
Fight Club
Slumdog Millionaire
City of God
The Godfather
Ray
Malcolm X
Gone Girl
American Psycho
Whiplash
American Beauty
Gone With the Wind
Shutter Island
The Prince of Egypt
Trainspotting
Catch Me If You Can
Inception
Frida
Sylvia
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Grease
Legally Blonde
Bend it Like Beckham
A Cinderella Story
Aquamarine
Blended
The Breakfast Club
Mean Girls
Confessions of a Shopaholic
The Clique
Easy A
Freaky Friday (2003)
Think Like a Man
Bride and Prejudice
Coming to America
Trading Places
Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story
Harry Potter (all of them, most favourite is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
Shrek
Shrek 2
Shark Tale
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella
The Princess and the Frog
Hercules
Aladdin
Mulan
Pocahontas
Pocahontas 2
Tangled
Frozen
Moana
The Lion King
Tarzan
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
The Incredibles
Favourite TV Shows
Game of Thrones
American Dad
Family Guy
Sex and the City
Rick and Morty
The Inbetweeners
The Sopranos
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
The Simpsons
The Big Bang Theory
Community
The Good Place
The Office (US)
Orange Is the New Black
Twilight Zone
Jane the Virgin
Ugly Betty
Black Mirror
Oz
Daria
The Hard Times of RJ Berger
Totally Spies
Spongebob Squarepants
Favourite Songs
Stomp! — The Brother’s Johnson
The Real Thing — The Brother’s Johnson
Let’s Groove — Earth Wind & Fire
September — Earth Wind & Fire
Fantasy — Earth Wind & Fire
Lost in Music — Sister Sledge
He’s the Greatest Dancer — Sister Sledge
Le Freak — Chic
My Forbidden Lover — Chic
I Want Your Love — Chic
Rock the Boat — Aaliyah
Déjà Vu — Beyoncé
Me, Myself & I — Beyoncé
End of Time — Beyoncé
Crazy in Love — Beyoncé
Best Thing I Never Had — Beyoncé
Karma — Alicia Keys
Unbreakable — Alicia Keys
Girlfriend — Alicia Keys
Doesn’t Mean Anything — Alicia Keys
Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart — Alicia Keys
Put It in a Love Song — Alicia Keys (ft. Beyoncé)
The Gospel — Alicia Keys
Pawn it All — Alicia Keys
Hate That I Love You — Rihanna
Te Amo — Rihanna
Marilyn Monroe — Pharrel Williams
Classic — MKTO
Temptation — Heaven 17
Golden — Jill Scott
Billie Jean — Michael Jackson
Human Nature — Michael Jackson
Thriller — Michael Jackson
The Lady in My Life — Michael Jackson
Leave Me Alone — Michael Jackson
Off the Wall — Michael Jackson
Rock With You — Michael Jackson
Another Part of Me — Michael Jackson
Smooth Criminal — Michael Jackson
This Place Hotel — The Jacksons
Say Say Say — Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Rock the Casbah — The Clash
Should I Stay or Should I Go — The Clash
Electric Feel — MGMT
All the Things She Said — Simple Minds
Ain’t Nobody — Chaka Khan
Sweet Love — Anita Baker
I Wanna Be Your Lover — Prince
Diamonds and Pearls — Prince
Let’s Go Crazy — Prince
When Doves Cry — Prince
Breakfast Can Wait — Prince
Take Me With U — Prince
1999 — Prince
Sign “O” The Times — Prince
I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor — Arctic Monkeys
Under the Bridge — Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Freddie’s Dead — Fishbone
Sunless Saturday — Fishbone
Ma and Pa — Fishbone
When Problems Arise — Fishbone
The Less I Know the Better — Tame Impala
Living for the City — Stevie Wonder
As — Stevie Wonder
Part-Time Lover — Stevie Wonder
Jungle Fever — Stevie Wonder
Temperature — Sean Paul
Give Me the Night — George Benson
On Broadway — George Benson
Turn Me On — Kevin Lyttle
Montero (Call Me By Your Name) — Lil Nas X
All Along the Watchtower — Jimi Hendrix
Livin’ On a Prayer — Bon Jovi
Like a Rolling Stone — Bob Dylan
Changing of the Guards — Bob Dylan
Lay All Your Love On Me — ABBA
Knowing Me, Knowing You — ABBA
SOS — ABBA
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! — ABBA
The Winner Takes It All — ABBA
Cosmic Girl — Jamiroquai
Return of the Mack — Mark Morrison
Move On Up — Curtis Mayfield
Africa — Toto
Hold the Line — Toto
Human Nature — Miles Davis
Moanin’ — Charles Mingus
Tutu — Miles Davis
Milestones — Miles Davis
On Broadway — The Drifters
Livin’ La Vida Loca — Ricky Martin
Never Gonna Give You Up — Rick Astley
Together Forever — Rick Astley
Rasputin — Boney M.
It’s a Shame — The Spinners
Tears — Sabrina Carpenter
Live and Let Die — Paul McCartney & Wings
I Learned From the Best — Whitney Houston
Million Dollar Bill — Whitney Houston
Mas Que Nada — Al Jarreau
Smooth Operator — Sade
Turn Up the Music — Chris Brown
Beautiful People — Chris Brown
Papaoutai (Afro Soul) — Chill77, Mikeeysmind, and Unjaps
California Soul — Marlena Shaw
Tio Pepe — Bona Fide
Upside Down — Diana Ross
Wings — Little Mix
Cancer — Joe Jackson
Come — Jain
Dressed to Impress — Moon Club
Low on Battery — Tangerine Rye
Bubblegum — FOXE
Right Here — Jess Glynne
Toda Menina Baiana — Gilberto Gil
All Around the World — Liza Stansfield
Wishing Well — Terence Trent D’arby
Sign Your Name — Terence Trent D’arby
Dance Little Sister — Terence Trent D’arby
Love Rollercoaster — Ohio Players
August & September — The The
For Free? — Kendrick Lemar
E Pluribus Unum — The Last Poets
Favourite YouTube Channels
Thoughty2
The School of Life
Alex Meyers
Cole Hastings
Paradox Institute
Einzelgänger
Pursuit of Wonder
Jon Solo
The Theorizer
Aperture
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Psych2Go
PsycheDepth
Pure Kino
SpongeTruths
(Former Favourites)
The Amazing Atheist (now called Into the Fray)
The Take
Blaire White
Jaclyn Glenn
Latoya Forever
If you recognise any of these or want to list some of your favourites, let me know in the comments.